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" When I was younger, I was drawn to Ayn Rand books and other works of fiction celebrating individualism. "

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" We have little choice but to place a certain level of trust in scientists - even when it comes to the model-driven speculative discipline of climate change. And, need it be said, most scientists take great care in being honest, principled and precise. "

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